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— Among recent Bulletins of the Census are the statistics of 
the fisheries of the Great Lakes for 1879, prepared by Mr. F. 
True from notes furnished by Mr. Ludwig Kumlien; the total 
value is $1,784,050. The production of anthracite coal in Penn- 
sylvania for 1880 was 27,433,329 tons,a gain of 75.9 per cent. 
over 1870. The production of salt was a little less in 1880 than 
in 1870. Of cotton 5,737,257 bales were produced in 1880, Mis- 
nee producing most, Georgia being the next heaviest pro- 
ucer, 
— Professor Snow of the University of Kansas and his party, 
recently had a narrow escape from death, at the hands of the 
hostile Apache Indians, in New Mexico. They were besieged 
for three days in the water cafion of the Magdalena mountains, 
and made their escape on foot to Socorro, after concealing their 
Personal property. On the road they passed a party of freighters 
lying dead beside their wagons, victims of the Indians’ murderous 
propensities. 
— Two of the parties of the U.S. Geological Survey under Major 
J. W. Powell, are at Fort Wingate, N. Mex. These are under the 
immediate direction of Messrs. Thompson and Gore. Mr. and 
rs. James Stevenson, of the same survey, are also there, pre- 
Paring for an investigation into the archeology and ethnology of 
the Surrounding region. There is some risk that the operations 
of these parties will be interfered with by the hostile Apaches. 
Carlile P. Patterson, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Sur- 
vey, is dead. His successor has not yet been appointed, but it is 
anticipated that it will be Julius E. Hilgard, for a long time the 
able second officer of the s rvey. 
— Mr. G. Brown Goode has been appointed, by Professor 
Baird, Curator of the National Museum, Washington. An ex- 
cellent appointment. 
— The German Association of Naturalists and Physicians was 
to hold its meetings at Salzburg from Sept. 17 to 24. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.— 
The thirtieth meeting was held at Cincinnati, Aug. 17-23, 1881. 
he meeting was as largely attended as any ever held except the 
last (Boston) meeting, and everything was done by the hospitable 
“tizens of Cincinnati to render the session pleasant and profitable. 
© next meeting will be held at Montreal. Dr. J. W. Dawson, 
of Montreal, was elected president, and William Saunders, Esq., 
of London, Canada, general secretary, for the next year. 
